“We are delighted with her judgement and very proud of the preschool team who have put in so much hard work.”

The report said the pre-school is helping children gain an ‘excellent understanding of the world’ with an ‘exciting’ range of activities and excellent support from staff.

Inspectors said: “Children form very close friendships with other children and close bonds with staff. They are exceptionally well behaved.

“All staff are trained in child protection and are extremely vigilant in their supervision of the children.

“The pre-school manager uses her outstanding knowledge and understanding of how children learn to influence and achieve high quality staff practice and drive improvement.”

Chairman of governors Anthea Martin-Jenkins said the team was delighted with the result: “This reflects supervisor Sharon Hill’s high quality leadership, and the commitment of the whole team to the school and to the children.”